1914-07-03 — Page 11

Commerotal.

Nationalisation

of Cheklang Raliway. The Obekiang Railway has now bean wholly turned over to the Government, and Mr. Chung Men Yew appointed to be the Director. The name has been

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, JULY 1914,

picule of eugar per bouw, 8 females), giving a ratio per vis., about 13 picule per bouw mille of population of 40.59 more than in 1912 and 9 picule including live deaths at St. John's more than in 1911. For Island and "of 39.80 excluding. 1914, 18,190 nat bouws have been those deathe, Malarial fever planted for the same factories, the accounted for 37 deaths, phthisis aggregate crop of which is 10, convulsions 35, beri-beri 18, estimated at 2.475,850 pitals or bronchitis 10, dysentery 24, upwards of 130 picule per bouw. pneumonia 12, cholera 10. Thirty- As owing to the big drought and eight children under three andied. The an insufficient rainfall in the months of age died. woat monsoon, the cane is apt nationalities were represented as changed to "Yung-Kai (Ningpo- doing quite as well as usual, it is follows:-European 0 Eurasian Kaiting) Railway Administration

expected that the average product 1, Chincee 102, Malaya 41, of the Board of Communications" will be a little inferior in quality Indine 21. which is divided into Secretarial,

to that of 1913. The crop has Accounts, Traffic, Construction

mostly been sold at prices rang- and General Departments.~~

ing from f. 7 to 1.8 and from Hankow Siu Wen Pao.

d. 81 to 0. 71.

Shanghal Silk.

Jace 27.

The market improved during

Business in

Class 1.-Crepo. Gold Medal, Balgownie. Silver

"

Inch Kenneth. Bronze United Sardang Certificates: Carey United, Trong, Labu and Pataling.

Class 2.-Smoked Sheet, } Gold Medal, Highlandy and Lowlands.

"Silver Medal, Seafields.

Bronzo

Jugra Land and

Rubber Exhibition.'

Londos, June 28.- Winners of the Rabber Growèra' the past fortnight, and there was Association trophies at the Rubber a fair amount of business, especiBxhibition are as follow:- caliy in Teatlees. steam flatures was not large,and prices showed Hustle change. Very little was doing in Tassalis, and prices remained unchanged, for all practical purposes. It is now generally believed that the ratio of the shortage of crop de very muohi exaggerated: there are a fow who even believe that the total of the first crop would be at least as much in that of last year, if not more. Chinese reporta giate that the second crop again has been spoiled by bad weather. It is to the interest of the silk dealer that crops should be abort, especially as he has paid very heavy prices for the cocoons. But reports about the crops at home go to confirm the original exp32- tation of a bumper crop this co]* son. The silk orop of Japan inst year was extremely large, and the present total is reported to be 10 per cent. more than that of last

Rubber. Certificates: Selangor Riverand Chersoness.

Casa 3.-Assorted Invoite. Embracing No. 1 rubber and scrap grades,

Gold Medal, Highlands and

Lowlands."

Bronze Medal, Jugra Land Rubber, and Pataling. ·

Certificates. Balgownie and Lauderdale,

Mr. T. C. Hutchings, managing

Conan Doyle and] "Women's

Suffrage. New York, May 27. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, arriving. today on the Olympic, predicted

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BANKS

INTERATIONAL BANKING

* CORPORATION.A

Hand Offlans-do, Wall Street, New York, Senden Uribe1—36, ilisopegate, E.G. BRANCHES

Bambar

Calcula

Caled

Cebu Colon Emphy

Hongkong

Hankow

き

والمحولا

Mexico

Params

Palang

San Francisco

Shanghai

Yokokawa,

Capital and Surplus Mumin Gold $1,200,000

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS LEADIcted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the DEPOSITS RECEIVED, dred for one juar at

may be mentalad on application.

4% per annues, or for abarier parlads, at rates, watch

mad

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL sad TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS grated po all the pelagipal cities ka the World

THE LANK'S CIRCULAR LEITERS OF CREDIT IN svallable all over the Worki

factad.

a fatal ending to the EnglishDOMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT militant suffragettes, "If they PURCHASE and SALE of Stacks an Share don't take care there will be a GRÄVELLENS CHECKS sold and cubed,

EQRGE HOGO, general lynching. The British

Manager. public is about tired of their

Queen's Road, Hongkong entice. Resentment will

be Hongkong, let Nov, 1912. shown by mob violence, and it would not aurpries me if several of the wilder women wela hang- od... Men will not stand for arson YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK and destruction forever, and sen- sible women are of "the same opinion. "Womens' suffrage in England is an economical impos- sibility. England bas practically

two women

man.

for overy What would become of a Govern- ment thus dominate £? Cərtainly give the educated woman, the woman who is a "property_holder or taxpayer, a vote but how is one going to discriminate?"

TO SAIL

director of the Kuala Pahi Rubber THE "INDRA" LINE LTD. Estate, Kelantan, who is the de- legate representing Kelantan, has Rubber Retura.

won the silver oup, value £20, Kesers, Hugo Reiss and Co., of awarded by the Rubber World, Shanghai, Secretaries of the Sena- for the essay judged to be the wang Rubber Estate Company, moet practical, useful and com- Ltd., are in receipt of a telegram prehensive on the subject: What from London advising them that is an ideal rubber estate?-Straits. at the last auction the prices rea-Times.

lized were: Shipment No. 2 com-

pricing 8,020 lbs 2/3 per lb. highest price, 1/8 per lb. lowest ..price.

Sugar in Java.

THE

Annual

Meeting.

FOR NEW YORK (with liberty to call at Malabar Coast)

THE Steamship

"INDRA "

Capt. J. C. Alexander, will be des- patched as above on Tuesday, 7th July

to

Agents,

ΤΗΣ

LIMITED.

#1

Established 1880. Paid-up Capital Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000.]

30,000,000 Reserve Fund...... 18,900,000

Head Office. YOKOHAMA,

Aguadern Nagasak Newchwang

Branches Antung-Hsien Bombay Calcutta

Changest Dalrea Fengties

Hardin

Hankow Honalul

Kobe

Ling-Yadz Land:

Lyons

Thegian

New Yock

Dinka

Pekla

Ryolen (Fon Arbur

San Francis

Shanghai

Vichting

Tintrib

Tokyo

Los Angeles Tsinglen

Interest Allowed on Current Account.

· Deposits received for fixed periods as rates to be tained on application

EISHIONO, Manager. Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.'

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA.

BANKS

HONGKONG & BHANGHAI Demand BANKING CORPORA- 30 d/s ....

TION, A 60 ds .........

Paid-up Capital $15.000.000 4 m/s.. |RESERVE WUNDS ::

Sterling

·£1,500,000 at 2-** $15,000,000 Silver...$17,650,000

$32,650,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors..............$15,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS.. Hon. Mr. D. Landale.--Chairman, W. I. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy

Chairman.

9. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq.

0, 8. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

C. Landgraf, Esq.

"F.Lieb, Esq.

J. A Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shallim. H. A. Biebs, Esq., Ad. Widmann. Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabh ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart.. London Bankers--London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

Selling

EXCHANGE.

GUEROTT. Marka: witnes 1/10 5/8 Demand Germany 3/10 11/16" T/T. Franos: THU 3/ On Haiphong

1/10 On Salgon .1/10 13/16. On Bangkok ..................... 74 1/4) Private 30 dia sight S'hal 75%

T/T Shanghai

TIT Singapore

TT Japan

T/T India

T/T Bombay......

481

Buying.

4 min. LAU

1/11

4 m/s. D/P

1/11 1/8

1/11 9/16

..984 | 6 m/s. L/O

141430d/s.'ney & Melbourne1/11.1/4

Demand India.....................14136 30 d/a.San Frco & New York 4636

Domand Bombay T/T Caloutta," Demand Calcutta Demand Manila

141344 m/s. Marke 1.98

102 forward

T/T. San F'ou & New York 46 Demand, New York T/T. Javo

Gold Leaf por tael

...14133 | 4 m/s. Francs

...2.4214

„14134 | 6 in/s. ɖom a

2.4434

14114 BarSilver, ready

.....76 1/16.

**26 1/8)

1.55.10

46 1/8 ..114)

Bank of England rate Sovereign

..3%

•10.50

May 14

$8,200 pár p

Malwa, Old

8,500.

$11-7/8

$91/2

Patna, Old....

· 9,200.

Benares; Now. 9,030

19 15/16

Benares, Old.... 8,925

Subsidiary Coins.. Discount per $100: Jhinese...20 eta. pieces $10 7/8

Chinese...10

Hongkong.20. Hongkong.10

Opium Quotations.

Malwa, New

Patna, New................. 9,325 per che

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT

5-SELLERS BA-SALES 3-BUYERS N-NOMINAL

STOCKS PAID OP VALUE:

HANKS.

CLOSING UTICH

#8826

b

Hongkong & S'haf $125.

MARINE INSURANCES,"

850

£5 T140 5.

310

On Current Account at the rate Cantone of 2 per cent per annum on the North China daily balance

"ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3 months, 2 por cont. per Unions

annum.

For 6 months. 31 per cent pe

SNANIE.

Fór 12 months; 4 per cent per

anaum

(A. G, STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

|HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

'HE Business of the above THE

Bank is oonducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

Yangtzzes

$100-$775

£50 $194

$20 $153 $50 $390b.

TIRE INSURANCES: China Fires Hongkong Fires

BRIPPING.

China & Manilas $25 88 Douglas Steamship $50 - $30) Steamboats Indo-Chinas

$15 $27.

(Preferred) (Deferred).

£5 364

98/6

8.

b.

£11

"shell" Transpörts £1′′

f.

*Star Ferry" { $10 $46

REFINERIES.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1859.

INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

balances at $3 per cent, per an-China Sugara $100 $79 Paid-up Capital

$100 $28 nm.

Luzon Sugars · · Depositors may transfer at their Reserve Fund...

option balances of $100 or more Reserve Liability of

Proprietors£1,200,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Chinese Engineerings £1 37/6 Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 per dent. per

£1,200,000 £1,800,000

This steamer has excellent ** SHANGHAI

accommodation for a limited MERCURY" LD. number of saloon passengers.

For Freight & passage, apply

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and JARDINE, MATHESON | General Banking business trans-

& CO., LTD., " soted. "

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Telephone No. 215, Sub. Ex. No. 9. ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application

Wm. DICKSON,

Manager. Hongkong. 11th April. 1912. T2

The report for 1913 of the Cultuur Mij. der Vorstenlanden (Vorstenlanden Planting Co.), of Amsterdam, states that during 1913 there was even grester

The fourteenth annual general Many drought than in 1912. plantations suffered accordingly, meeting of the "Shanghai Mer. especially owing to an increasing cury," Ld, was held at Shanghai lack of irrigation water, which on June 26. Mr. C. Stepharius, grostly impeded the planting of who presided, said:

WAS

To

NOTICE.

the

The directors consider report fairly satisfactory, although they had hoped that it would have. been better, and they could havė

year,

NOTICE

between William

Ernest

said late firm will be received and

PEAK

NOTICES:

The Office of

TRAMWAY CO.

annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang hai Banking Corporation,

AG STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

MINING.

£1 27-

b.

Tronohs Raubs DOCKS, WHARVES, & CODOWNS.| Kowloon Wharfe $50 $82 H.K. &W'pos Docks $50 { $5 Shanghai Docks T. 100 T. 57 Hongkow Wharfe T. 100% T. 91 b. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE H'kong Central E'tes $100 $100

Berlin

BANK.

Capital Fully

Pald-up...8h. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai, Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Caloutta Cantop Hamburg Hankow Kobe Poking Singapore Tientsin. Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Mésora, N. M. Rothschil & Sons.

Hongkong Hotels $50 $125 b. Hongkong Lands $100 8114 6. Humphreys Estates 810874 Kowloon Lands #30 844 Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 92

West Pointe

$50.973

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 F. 8

COTTON HILLS. EWOB

T. 50 T. 129

The Union of London and Smith's Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Shanghai Cottons Direction der Disconte Gesell-Lagu Kung Mow

Bank, Limited,

Agency.

schaft.

ness transacted.

MAX GUTSCHKE

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oot... 1911?

the sugar cane. Maob damage

also suffered owing withering of the grinding cane, factories, especially by some which owing to a delay in the wished that the profila would have NOTICE is hereby given that THE CHINA PROVIDENT

LOAN AND MORTGAGE arrival of certain machinery could enabled them to recommend a the partnership heretofore

CO., LTD. not begin the season in proper higher dividend. As a matter of aubsisting

(Capital Paid up...61,250,000.) time and so were late in working faot, we have had a larger turn-Griffith Humphreys, William their crops. Two plantations, over in all departments, but that, Meyrick Humphreys, with which the company is has been accompanied by an Humphreys and Cecil Hum-Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- connected, suffered seriously, in unavoidable increase in extences, phreys, carrying on business "as perty, &to.

Merchants and Commission Goods received on Storage. spite of the fine cane crop at first while a change in the method of Agents at Victoria in the Colony Advances made on Merchandise:

The report further entering prepaid advertisements of Hongkong, and in the City of Loans made on the Provident obtained. states that the relations with the eto, has made a reduction of Tla. London, under the style or firm System. native population have of late 1,070 in our credit balance this of W. G. Humphreys & Co. has (Bates and Particulars on a

plication). years changed in many ways, ono

been dissolved by mutual consent Your directora consider that as from the 1st day of January of the resulte being a rise in

Dresdner Bank.. Wagen and consequently a greater ample provision has been made 1914 so far as concerns the said TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o.,

INTEREST allowed on Current Account. DEPOSITS received coat of production. That in spita for bad and doubtful def 6. TWilliam Griffith Humphreys who

Undertaken and Executed: of these circumstances the sugar difference between the suggestion retires from the said firm. All

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. on terms which may be learned General Managers. on application. Every description factories wore still able to supply of the auditors and the amount debts due to and owing by the a good product and make fair decided on by your directors is paid respectively by William Hongkong. 19th March. 1908.3 of Banking and Exchange busl- working profits is owing to the about Tls, 800. Your directors excellent cane-crop, with which would point out that all debts that the season was everywhere begun they consider doubtful have been and by which the aulavourable written off. Then our telephone conditions were to a certain extent shares are entered in the invest balanced. The profit and loss ment account at cost, although the sccount showe receipts totalling market value is Tis. 300 higher, 1. 2,182,970 and a profit while a gain on exchange of about 1914. balance of fl, 1,847,266 (as against Tle. 400 has not been reckoned in 4. 1,741,003 in the previous year), the balance-sheet this year. Our out of which f. 176,705 is paid plant and stocks also stand into the reserve fund, after which in our books at very low a dividend of 151 per cent. (15) valuations, having been freely

Charles Alexander per cent,) is paid on the preference written down in the past.

Hooper, has this day been shares, 10) (10 per cent) on the have in cash, mostly in the Bong- admitted a partner in our Firm ordinary shares and 1. 10. (1. kong and Shanghai Bank, up- which will continue to be carried 8.90) par profit share. The wards of Tis. 80,000, nearly a on under the name of Johnson, balance of profits on the com- third of our capital, and this has Stokes and Master.

JOHNSON, STOKES pany's own estates figures on the practically all accrued from the

& MASTER. profit and loss account as follows: conservative policy of liberally Demak Idjo B 355,516, Boedhono writing off followed by your 11. 177,536, Wonotjatooros, directors in the past. ***** 350,510 and Pagilaran 18 858 I may add that as far as your After writing off f. 124.328 on directors can see at present, we Bedayoe, the total is 1.787,091 have every reason to anticipate an Inclusive of a own four sugar improvement in next year's factories, the company handled ing.

in 1913 the crops of twentyFEL

factories, which together worked

Meyrick Humphreys, Emest Humphreys and Cocil Hum- phreys, who will continue to carry on the said business in partner ship under the said style of W. G. Humphreys & Co.

Dated the 2nd day of July

We MB

Singapore Mortality Returns.

the production of 175.net The __mortality"-ratarns · for

bouwer, inaltsys of dané bought

Sib

NOTICE.

Hongkong, 1st July, 1914.

MAN LOONG.

-

FIRST-OLASS: SERVES, GINGER

AND SOY NAKUPADTU)

OFFICE NARA, DA

Telephone No. 177 &

outaide. The aggregate yield of of Birth and Deaths whow that these 174

7,501 (17,085) bouws

during the week ending June 20, oh som Was 2,595 407 2.312,120) pioals there were 257 deaths (176 males, of sugar, or 148,34 (185.50)

m issued by the Registrar 1AFE are the leading Manufacturers in

LIMITED..

TIME TABLE.

1.00 AJ. 1o

935 FX, to 100 1 0

WEEK DAYS.

5.00 AM, EVERY 15 MIN. 10.00 4:

10 M

[3:45 PM)

10 Mam

To Mak MENU NIGHT CARSOME!

1.56 mart 236, p valu, kjo mar, to 15,00 781-vey, hall beste

LELDO BIG 10 21:45 TEME

Beevery quarter of an how

SUNDAYS

7.45 AM to 16.30 AM, EVERY 15 Mik. rago AM to 23.00′4 21 20 MINE, 21.10 M. 10 Mas Noor weiss Mana

19.00 Moơm to 2:00 7

Do M

#

NIGHT" CARS as on' Wock Ders.

·SATURDAYS -

SPECIAL CARN

| By 'Aryangsment sy'the Cjanguday's Ofir.

· Assaadin »Balčlogy, Den Torpe Road

SINGON K 60.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Ospital

Subscribed

Paid Up

1,500,000. 1,125,000 562,500

Reserve Fund

BANKERS,

MISCELLANEOUS,

T. 109 b.

T. 81.

T. 11 s.

$12 $11 s..

Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10-8714 China-Borneob Light and Powers $101 Do. (Spec. shares)$1J China Providents Dairy Farms

Green Islands

$10 $8

$6 $386 210 3610 sa.

Hongkong Electrice $10 $410.

Hongkong Ices.

Hongkong Ropes Langkate

Morning Post Peak Tramway

$25 $200

$10 $25

10 T. 45

$25 $29 $10 $914 6.

Do (new) $1 120 cto. B.. 465,000 Hongkong Electric Trams 10/-

Bank of England. -Londen, Joint Btook Bank,

Limited

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts of 2 per cent per annum on Dally: Balance and on Eb Deposits at rates which may be sscertained on application.qipt

Philippines

$10 $5 H. Price & Co., Ld: $10 $6

Boolete des ferred:

Pulpeset Papeteries

: $50-$20 paid

du Tonkin up. $50

Benefit $200. Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150.; Steam Laundry : 35 35 UnitedAsbestos

Oriental Agency, 810 $914 b.

United Aabe ARLINTON Founders She

$10 1300

310 $18) - 8.

Union W

Weismann, Ltd

$10 $7.85 Tullam Powell, Ltd. 581

sadila # Thee Youx Road Cistal

LAIT DIVIURND, AND PATECTU

£2 & 5/- b. at ox 1/19/16)

equal to $23,20 for 14 year ending 31/12/13°

Final of $3 ulo 1912. In-

terim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 10 p.o, making

20 p.o. for 1912 Final of 320 making $50)

for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913 Final of 812 mak. 315 for

1912 & Int. of83 for 1913/

$10 for 1912

$27 for 1912...

› $1 for 1906

$2,50 for yearend'g30°6′13 Final of $1 for half

year ending 31:1213 J

(3% Interim ajo year

・和

1913 on preferred shares

(Final of 5/- making

for 1913 Coupen No, 22.

$1.70 per share and bonus of 30 cents per share for

year ending 30°4′13.

$3 for 1912 $9 for 1897

Interim of 5% Coupon No.

3 account of year end ing 30.6,34,

Int, of 1/6 mak.6/6a/o, 1913.

1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913

$3 for 1913

Ts. 3 for 1912"

Interim of Tis 9 for 1913

Tla. 6 29'2'10

First year

$7 on old shares, $3.50) on new shares for year 31'12'13

8316 for 16 year ending 31.12.13

50 cents for 1913 $2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p:o. for year ending 50'6′13 $2,25 1 for 4 year ending. 31.12-13

15 per cent, for 1910 Tis, 15 for year endi

311013

Tis. 10 fox year. end.

ing 30'6'19

T.12fo-year end'g31 12 12 Tls. 1 for year ending

30′11′13

80 cents 31,7,08

$1.20 for:1913

70 cents for 1913

$1.30 for year end'g 31 7:13 40 cents for 1911

$1.80 per share for 1913 $7 final making $9 for 1913 $2 for 1913

Interim of Tid. 1- mak- ling Tls, 2 a/c 1913. None B

B0 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on $1paid shares for year ending 30.414

S

Final of 6d. making 7id.

per share for 1919,

None $1.50 for 1910

None

Noʻdividend this year. 50 ots, for year end'g 31.5,12

(20 per cent, per ordinary share for year ended 8151912

$1.25 per share for year?

ending 5112 1913

15 per cent for year)

ending 317711:

70 cents for 1913

50 ots. year ending 6:30.18

WRIGHT AND HORNBY

the quesbota, tatatany on